A Project to Count Climate Crisis Deaths Has Surprising Results
Climate change is already killing people, but countries don’t have an easy way to count those deaths. A new project might change that.Continue Reading
2022-01-18
Not exactly ‘Rock’-solid but a serious contender worth supporting.
Leopolds Rock did enough on his flat debut over a similar distance/surface at Newcastle back in October to be considered an each-way player for a ten-runner Novice Stakes over twelve furlongs of Southwell tapeta this afternoon; it’s another shallow race which I’ve delved into deeply, based on ‘process of elimination’Continue Reading
2022-01-18
Children exercised less during lockdown – here’s how to get them moving again
ANURAK PONGPATIMET/Shutterstock Lockdowns during the pandemic aimed to limit the spread of COVID-19 and related deaths. However, these lockdowns also affected how active people were. Children became significantly more sedentary. There is a risk that short term changes in children’s physical activity in reaction to COVID-19 may end up extendingContinue Reading
2022-01-18
What was everyone else doing while Downing street was hosting ‘work gatherings’ in the garden? A look at the data
Many people around the UK have been scrolling back through the photos on their phones to remind themselves where they were on May 2020, while staff at 10 Downing Street were gathering for what Boris Johnson insists was a work event but which is currently under investigation as a potentialContinue Reading
2022-01-18
How going from care to prison compounds women’s trauma – new research
Care leavers are over-represented in the justice system. HTWE | Shutterstock In the year to June 2021, for every 1,000 women in custody in England and Wales, 3,808 incidents of self-harm were recorded. This represented a shocking increase of 16% on the previous year. Between March 2007 and March 2018,Continue Reading
2022-01-18
Climate change is creating security threats around the world – and militaries are responding
The British military is currently “too slow and resistant to change”, according to Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the UK’s chief of defence staff. The urgent always takes priority over the important. But in the context of one of the world’s biggest security issues – climate change – threats and adaptationsContinue Reading
2022-01-17
Languishing: what to do if you’re feeling restless, apathetic or empty
Many people may have experienced languishing without even knowing what it was. New Africa/ Shutterstock If you’ve been feeling restless, apathetic or even emotionally empty since the pandemic began, you may be “languishing”. Languishing is described as an emotional state of limbo, aimlessness and low mood, which can last forContinue Reading
2022-01-17
How to be a god: we might one day create virtual worlds with characters as intelligent as ourselves
Virtual character may soon be smarter than us. Michelangelus/Shutterstock Most research into the ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) concerns its use for weaponry, transport or profiling. Although the dangers presented by an autonomous, racist tank cannot be understated, there is another aspect to all this. What about our responsibilities toContinue Reading
2022-01-17
Arsenal decide tomorrow whether to request postponement of Liverpool game
ARSENAL are sweating over Thursday’s Carabao Cup semi-final clash with Liverpool going ahead and will decide tomorrow whether to request a postponement. Manager Mikel Arteta is counting his walking wounded to see if he can scrape a team together after Sunday’s scheduled game at Spurs was called off. 2 ArsenalContinue Reading
2022-01-17
T-cells: the superheroes in the battle against omicron
David Guzmán/Shutterstock Omicron is spreading rapidly throughout the world, with experts claiming that 40% of the global population will be infected within the next two months. This sounds quite startling, but we still don’t really know whether omicron causes more severe disease than other variants of concern. The signs soContinue Reading
2022-01-17